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PoC vs MVP - 12 Essential Pros & Cons You Need to Know

Are you a product manager or startup founder working on a new product? If so, you may be wondering whether you should focus on building a PoC (proof of concept) or MVP (minimum viable product). But did you know that choosing the right product validation approach for your product – whether it's a PoC or MVP – can be the difference between success and failure?

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Prototype vs Proof of Concept - 6 Key Differences to Know

Building a proof of concept (PoC) or prototype can be a great way to reduce these risks and help you deliver a well tested, valuable product to market for your users, even in the tightest market windows. But should you choose to spend time on a PoC or prototype? In this article we are going to break down the 6 key differences between the two, so you select the one that will help your product team reduce risk and bring maximum value long term.

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7 Most Inspiring Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Examples

If you're a founder of a startup or product manager, you know that the odds are stacked against you. Over 90% of startups fail, and money doesn’t always solve the problem - even 75% of venture-backed startups fail. The reality is that when you build a new product, you’re making a bet. Creating a minimum viable product (MVP) is a great way to validate your bet with a much smaller financial investment and a lot less time.

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6-Step Enterprise Software Development Process That Works

It will come as no surprise to you that enterprise software development can be a costly and complex undertaking for any company. And the reality is that large scale software-driven IT projects end up 66% over budget. With this level of risk on the line, it’s critical that you embrace a development process that’s been proven to work time and time again.

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IT Vendor Management: The Essential 7-Step Process

92% of Forbes Global 2000 companies utilize IT outsourcing, but few have a strategic IT vendor management strategy. You might be partnering with IT vendors to bolster your in-house staff, modernize your IT services, or manage your IT help-desk services. Regardless, you’re leaving value on the table without a strategic IT vendor management process in play.

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10 Proven Steps for Modernization of Legacy Applications

Enterprise software is essential for modern, digital businesses to run day-to-day operations. But the reality is that these systems are rarely built to withstand the decades of use that we subject them to. Quickly they can accumulate massive technical debt, become clunky and hard to use, and worse yet risk exposing an enterprise to security breaches.

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The 8-Step Product Management Process [with Examples]

It’s a complex web of managing both pre-build - “What is the right thing to build?” - and build - “How do we build the thing right?” stages. It’s not an easy task for anyone to handle this full product lifecycle. The product management process exists to help you manage all of this complexity. Stick around as we break down the 8-step product management process we recommend for any product management team.

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Custom Enterprise Software Development - 7 Tips for Success

Fast growing companies rely on enterprise software to optimize their business operations. It’s no surprise that the enterprise software market is valued at a whopping $396 million USD. But the problem? Many of these off-the-shelf enterprise solutions don’t meet the mark. They lack flexibility.

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6 Steps to Successful Proof of Concept Software Development

Over 66% of software projects fail. Proof of concept (PoC) development can help to reduce this risk of failure significantly. Testing a software project’s most basic functionality with a PoC can help teams evaluate feasibility and validate market needs before investing significant time and money into a project.

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6 Steps to Find the Best MVP Developers for Your Startup Idea

Today, many startups go to market with what’s called a minimum viable product (MVP) - a version of the final product that has the _minimum _features to make it usable by real customers. This is a great way to test the waters with a new idea without spending years in development. In fact, on average, MVP software development takes 4 months, but the costs are far less predictable.